At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home. |
Financiers are suspicious because I work in low-budget. |
I actually emptied a theatre. It was a 40-minute film, and about 400 people left during the screening. |
I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash. |
I don't really enjoy filming. |
I don't see there has been any progress as far as incubating new businesses. |
I made That Sinking Feeling more for them than for anyone else, so I knew there was no need to put a message into it. |
I think, unconsciously, I was addressing myself more with Comfort and Joy than with my other films to Scottish people. |
I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done. |
I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing myself. |
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors. |
I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list. |
I've spent most of my life in Scotland, and I haven't moved around a great deal. |
In Toronto, I've met other director like me, in the wings of the studio industry and with a lively desire to maintain our independence, people like Paul Cox of Australia and Alan Rudolph, who works in the eye of the storm in Los Angeles. |
It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films. |